Week 3

This week my momentum has been steady and I’ve continued to make great progress. Over the course of the past week I managed to complete brief one and because I’m so awesome, I also finished my proposal for brief two! I think someone needs to give me a gold star :D

Being the bookworm that I am, I decided to write my own book reviews and compare them to professionally written reviews. And hopefully, the idea is that I’ll slowly improve my review writing skills (secretly, one day I hope to write reviews for a living. When I grow up I want to be a respected literary critic…. Sigh… a girl can dream can’t she?).

In regards to the speed bumps I encountered last week, I found that I can’t really do much about the academic sources. I want to use them as part of my research; therefore I must weed through pages and pages in order to find something relevant to my cause. Sadly, I don’t have a choice. Guess I should stop moaning because chances are that you guys are going through the same thing. I’m just lazy.

I think that in order to stay on top of brief two, I better start thinking about which books I want to read and review. Hhmmm… I don’t know where to start! Also another thing I’m worried about is, do I have to read a new book every week? How am I going to start and finish a novel in a week?! Realistically, I don’t have the time to do that. I wonder if I will be able to write reviews on books I’ve read already in the past? That would make things significantly easier, but I think my reviews won’t be as good. I want to write about the expectations you have of a new novel before you open the cover. The speculations you make as you journey through. And the fresh opinions you form once you reach your destination. In my opinion, all of which are slowly lost as time passes.

Seems like I have much to think about!


Until next week, amigos.

Adios